The Journalism assessment is designed and developed through work with practicing teachers and teacher educators to reflect the journalism curriculum and to reflect state and national standards for journalism, including the Standards for Journalism Educators (2019) developed by the Journalism Education Association (JEA).

The 120 selected-response questions cover a range of subjects encountered by teachers of journalism and advisers of scholastic media. Test takers will find many questions calling for them to apply their understanding to a teaching scenario or an instructional task. The questions assess knowledge and understanding of the theories and principles governing the practice of journalism in a democracy; the historical background of journalism; the practices of news gathering, reporting, writing and editing; visual communication and storytelling in a variety of media and platforms; ethics and media law; as well as teaching journalism and advising scholastic media.

This test may contain some questions that do not count toward your score.